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FYI folks, the Big Holidays coming up are: Rosh Hashanah is Mon 22 Sep-24 Sep Yom Kippur is Wed 1 Oct - 2 Oct And also? You don't have to KNOW who's Jewish to not schedule meetings these days. Just do it. (AND DON'T BE ALL "WE HAVE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE [PERSON] IS JEWISH" THAT'S TACKY & GROSS)
the way techbros see AI is like if someone saw the animatronics at disneyland and go "we will have robot butlers within 3 years"
My state government wants to see artists in jail so please sign the petition!! Don't let them win!
YEAH like, I've got a lot of problems, but none of my issues are caused by, like, a systemic abuse of power on the part of women. sometimes cishet guys are like "my dating experiences would be great if only women didn't do [x]" and I'm like "are you a fool, sir"
dammit you gave me such hope for a second
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender, total of 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender, total of more than 4,000. Transgender folks are 1.0% of the population and they make up less than 0.1% of the mass shooters.
And what gets me is that men believe this because they live lives completely devoid of historical context. If it was 1725, they'd be the hired farm hand (and still single) It if was 1890, they'd be the factory workers sleeping in coffins at night (and still single) Just detached from reality
(en tant que Canadien anglophone, je m'excuse auprès de tous les beaux et charmants Québécois pour mon massacre épouvantable de votre langue traduit par Google)
ah yes. the french. famously non-colonialist and anti-imperialism. demandez simplement à n’importe quel citoyen du Québec et il vous dira à quel point la nation française est magnifique.
sometimes I think that the broader population generally understands what's going on, then I see people saying things like "wait, Austen is trans? I thought they were nonbinary" and I go "ah"
this survey took less than two minutes yes, it's inane. do it anyway
wait, is this the page you were talking about with the "remembering a character's giant-ass hat" post?
WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT AND PAYMENT PROCESSORS STILL AREN'T BACKING DOWN. WE HAVE NOT WON YET.
those transphobic arguments are always very much this Onion headline
think about this post the next time someone tries to use the bogeyman of "trans women in sports" or "trans women in bathrooms" at you.
The best art makes an immediate difference in the world. The book banners are LOSING THEIR MINDS about these because they have no way to ban or stop them. So print and share away!
"...'Avatar' director..." oh this gonna be rich "...and Stability AI board member..." oh this gonna be RICH
shit like this cannot be ignored and is everyone's problem. there is real evil and danger happening and you will start seeing friends and family disappear if people dont step up. this is not just some guy talking shit. do your research outinstl.com/republican-c...
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
There are state-level online ID bills that can still be stopped! If you are in one of these states, you have the opportunity to make a huge difference!
remember. it's NOT important to be hot, or pretty, or handsome, or sexy. the ONLY important thing is to have a good character design with an easily-identifiable silhouette
good post going-medieval.com/2017/05/26/t...
Yes, we should all go ahead and get our vaccines if we can. And, no, you should not be worried about lying to get a vaccine for a deadly disease. So, yes, you HAVE been depressed, since approximately January 20 of this year. Go get those vaxes, folks.
short about my hottest take
usually you can tell pretty quick by engaging briefly in good faith for the span of, like, one or two responses. but also. like. don't. you have better things to do with your life than defend yourself and your people on the internet to random bigots in an arena that nobody will ever witness
YOU WON'T BELIEVE (SHOCKING): if someone goes on a long angry rant about how people talk too much about trans issues, that person is probably transphobic 🫣 (NOT CLICKBAIT)
it has long since ceased to surprise me that people who talk in progressive-sounding terminology about how there's an over-emphasis on trans issues in queer discussion... almost always turn out to be just boring-ass garden-variety transphobes. like c'mon man.
commenter: I'm tired of people forcing transness on everyone. just because someone is gay or GNC doesn't mean they're trans! me: I think you have a disproportionate view of how prevalent trans-positive sentiment is in the world commenter: oh yeah??? well TRANS WOMEN IN SPORTS RRREEEEEEEEE me: ah.
picard is so fucking funny #art
idk Boimler just seems like he’d do this #LowerDecks #fanart #comic
1. This is a very good sign that speaking out against KOSA is working! Dont assume it's dead though, continue calling your reps until further notice. 2. "Sammy's Law" is still in the draft stage but is worth keeping an eye on as imo i think trying to pass ANY kind of surveillance bill is bad
maybe the intention was to trick readers into thinking that everyone else was quadrupedal
me when I was, like, ten: "I'm gonna grow up to be a webcomic artist and make a comic about video games!!" me now: "okay bud take that dream and rotate it by about three or four degrees"
Star Trek would be way less popular if there were no stars and nobody moved.
It would be REALLY funny if Visa suddenly got tips from thousands of people reporting every store that has ever carried an official Star Wars movie. Those are just jam-packed with 'non-consentual mutilation of a person or body part', which is apparently against the rules to distribute.
Trying to remember things with ADHD is like trying to write on a chalkboard outside in a rain storm while neuroaverage people get to write indoors with pen and paper and then they come out and wonder why your slate is blank.
I know that feeling, I'm constantly getting people referring to my channel as "you guys" when it's not us guys at all, it's merely me guy
showed my mom (similarly, not a video game person) Alan Wake 2 the other day, and I had the graphics turned pretty far down, and she pointed at Saga and said "the guys in the background [are CGI] but SHE'S real, right?" and I was like "no she's also CGI" and she was like "what"
I'm losing my MIND. why can't tiktok just DISPLAY PHOTOS.
Artists at the show are subject to removal if they're found using copyrighted or stolen art (inclusive of AI), and yet this is here, taking up a massive portion of the show floor as the host of the eSports section.
Bell has said that how they are received at THIS SHOW will determine how they use their A I photo booths going forward, so if you want to let them know how unacceptable this is, please make sure Bell and FanExpo know.
PSA: If you're at FanExpo Canada this weekend, take a moment to stop by the Bell Canada A I Photo Booth to tell them how upsetting it is that they're undercutting the artists of Artist Alley by offering free A I photos (that's trained on the stolen art of creators) to attendees.
Public PSA. Please repost so this reaches others. Your accounts are at risk. Do NOT respond to DM's that start with "Hi, do you have a minute?" or "Hello, are you busy at the moment?" They're hacked accounts. Do NOT add them on Discord under any circumstance. Report them, they are exploiting. +
hot take: nobody should ever announce a release date for a game until after the game is finished being made
Smokin on that The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Orchestra FULL OST
I've never seen someone I admire so much post something so specifically relatable to me
There's one entity I won't be contacting over this bc I have my entire business set up through it; all my money runs through it. It has a long history of debanking adult-industry ppl. If you're a follower of mine and love my work, please take up the baton for me and make a call. It would mean a lot
methinks The Premise may hold merit
YES THAT MAKES ME SO MAD. if you're gonna make a silly cartoon based on a weird guy, MAKE 👏 THE 👏 SILLY 👏 CARTOON 👏 WEIRD 👏 TOO 👏
damn that's some cool art, someone should go subscribe to www.patreon.com/yagamimi about it
my "dakota torso [t-shirt]" asset's outline is identical to my "dakota torso [topless]" asset, but that's specifically because it makes it easier to make the assets if they're all the same shape. I'm not doing hyper-realistic fabric wrinkles. why would someone do that. fascinating artistic decision
character wearing normal casual clothes that just so happen to conform exactly to the shape of their body: makes sense. I do that too. makes it easier to draw etc fabric with super-realistic wrinkles and folds: great flex, showing off your skills both at the same time: that's. huh. interesting
endlessly fascinated with that art style where it's like "yeah that's really good detail on all those fabric wrinkles and folds. that looks EXACTLY like how real fabric would look when perfectly vacuum-seal fit to the exact figure of the character wearing it. the character IS wearing a t-shirt tho"
I'm seeing fewer posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation, and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them and losing them money. Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of. ⬇️
If you haven't given feedback yet, please do. The window is small. The terms on adult content are vague enough to put so many artists at risk of arbitrary interpretation. They conflate fictional situations with real-life abuse. Ask them to revise and clarify.
yeah but probably not for blinking with specific eyes. like there's probably not a word for blinking with eye 2 and 3 or whatever. same how humans don't have different words for winking with left and right eye
"this this about Len--" yes
qntm is a brilliant writer and his work is amazing and I love it to pieces and I bought the original TINAD and I'm such a huge fan. also nine times out of ten when I read something he wrote it gives me this horrific grim pit in my stomach and renders me unable to move or think for like ten minutes
It's happening. Please call your reps and yell about SCREEN, KOSA, and IODA
(you also get, like, monthly wallpapers and whatever)
Head over to patreon.com/SoOkayHeresT... and YOU TOO can have the EXCITING experience of reading a post I wrote to keep people informed about my posting schedule, a post which is 100% irrelevant to anyone who isn't already a patron!
thanks Patreon I definitely want to promote my page by sharing [checks notes] a quick "sorry for the delay" update post, good call
love facts like this
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
YOU YOU GET IT THANK YOU
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
it's where all your dreams come true...........
Once again, to all of my Canadian followers, this is INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL here. No private company can discriminate against LGBT content in any way. It is enshrined in federal law. Call and ask stripe why they're breaking Canadian hate crime laws. Call your local NDP or Liberal party rep and ask them.
if the guy telling you that gays go to the Nightmare Zone is also saying promiscuous people go to the Nightmare Zone, you aren't gonna stop being gay -- you're much more likely to conclude "oh I can be as promiscuous as I want" which is correct, but not the conclusion intended by Nightmare Zone Guy
translation: if you raise your kids to believe that all gays go to hell no matter what, then you shouldn't act all shocked when, upon learning that they're gay, they start being like "oh hell yeah, I might as well sin all I want, Satan's my boy"
it has been and will be said better by others, but it bears repeating: if you tell someone that a fundamental aspect of who they are is inextricably linked to a certain supernatural entity, you should be neither surprised nor offended when they perform affection and appreciation for said entity
there's discourse about whether watchmen is a good introduction to superhero comics, and i think a similar question is would kids today understand who framed roger rabbit
This is not a joke. Consider this. Its 150 gigs for images and all. That's literally less than one AAA game.
VISA and MASTERCARD are now refusing all calls related to their policy changes. So call up as a concerned shareholder, prepared to short-sell their shares to reduce financial harm and loss to their portfolios. They're trying to ignore us. Don't let them. Evangelical Censorship is death to progress
VISA CAN'T HANG UP ON YOU UNTIL YOU STOP TALKING. YAPPERS, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE. Talk in circles! Loop back to the same points! Take a minute to "remember" a word! Your goal isn't to change their minds, it's to keep talking for as long as possible to waste their money and clog call centers.
as promised: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZi...
Call script for your reps about payment processor censorship
hey boss this absolutely rules
If you have ever wanted to yell directly at a Mastercard CEO: do it!! do it NOW
Something we discovered during our fruitful zap session today- I've added it to the initiative page. cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...
🦂 Will you help me cross the river, frog? 🐸 I'm not sure I should. You have a deadly stinger. 🦂 I will not sting you. Were I to do so, we would both... Wait, does this parable support racism? 🐸 What? 🦂 In this parable, I'm unable to resist the urge to sting you in spite of it dooming us both.
I said “trans furries are the future of this medium” about RPGs several years ago and I have been proven right over and over and over again
shoutout to my Bluesky followers who get a sneak preview of an upcoming short I guess
actually hold on this would be a great premise for a short. I'm gonna make this a short using basically this exact script
brain: hey man I'm gonna give you severe anxiety about not making enough money me: alright, cool, does that mean you'll stop giving me severe anxiety about answering those emails from people who want to give me money brain: AHAHAHOHOOHOHEEHEEHEEHAHAHAHAHAHEHAEHAHHAHAHWHAHAWHAWHAWHAHAAAAAHAHAHA no.
some of you have never had to experience "P1 uses arrow keys, P2 uses WASD" and it shows
Heads up for YouTube folks; You can block certain websites and categories of ads appearing on your channel by going to Settings > Ad Categories
Unlike paypros, most reps actually do see emails if they're about one thing. Title your email something like STOP KOSA AND SCREEN and that helps their helpers know instantly what you're about. Be as direct as possible.
Google their FAQs - start the call off with one of them and take it to the end of that long road - then when they ask if you need anything else - bring up the censorship.
disclaimer: I like xkcd and I like Randall Munroe
shoutout to this specific XKCD comic I remember whenever I think about this. last panel is a beautifully-blended hybrid of my two above-described types of analysis parody STEM people will write "literary deconstruction tends to reflect on the analyst's worldview" and think it's a revolutionary take
![XKCD comic. Transcript from explainxkcd.com: [Caption above the panels:] My Hobby: Sitting down with grad students and timing how long it takes them to figure out that I'm not actually an expert in their field. [For all four panels below, there are two frames crossing the border of each panel. The ones at the top left have a caption, and the one below right has the result of the timing.] [Ponytail and Cueball are sitting across from each other in office chairs.] Engineering: Ponytail: Our big problem is heat dissipation Cueball: Have you tried logarithms? 48 seconds [Cueball is sitting in a chair at the center of a table looking left at another Cueball-like guy. To the right is a long black-haired girl.] Linguistics: Cueball: Ah, so does this Finno-Ugric family include, say, Klingon? 63 seconds [Cueball is standing with his hands up talking to another Cueball-like guy and Megan who has lifted her arm to palm her face.] Sociology: Cueball: Yeah, my latest work is on ranking people from best to worst. 4 minutes [Cueball is sitting in an armchair with another Cueball-like guy sitting attentively in front of him on the floor.] Literary Criticism: Cueball: You see, the deconstruction is inextricable from not only the text, but also the self. Eight papers and two books and they haven't caught on.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:azdmczf2jltronsb5xpkuunk/bafkreid7lseb2kjlzmnjb27ux5y6tx2e5qabgy7ig7bgiaghqywwsjux5u@jpeg "Click to view full size")
they're always either saying stuff like "the sword in hamlet represents the alignment of stars at full moon" or saying stuff like "perhaps there are queer themes in the Little Mermaid"
it's always very funny to see, like, tech bros and STEM people mock literary & artistic analysis by being like "it's all bullshit! see, here, I can do it too and I've never even studied the art form!" because every time they do it it's either 1) gibberish or 2) Baby's First Art Analysis For Dummies
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cosigned
We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.